Can lower-level foreign language classes be taken P/F?
Decision by UUCC Foreign Language Subcommittee 8/20/01 It was asked whether students who need to take foreign language level 1, 2, and 3 to fulfill their Gen Ed foreign language requirement could take FL 1 and 2 pass/fail, since FL 3 was the only course tracked by DARS to fulfill the Gen Ed foreign language requirement. The UUCC’s Foreign Language Subcommittee decided that students may take FL 1 and 2 pass/fail but that they should be strongly encouraged to take them for a letter grade. There are two issues the subcommittee foresees with students taking FL 1 and 2 pass/fail. Advisors are asked to make students aware of the following issues: • GERM 101 and 102 also fulfill the Global Interdependencies requirement. If students take these courses pass/fail, they will not fulfill the G requirement. • A student who takes FL 1 and 2 pass/fail, with the intention of taking FL 3 for a grade, could not then change his/her mind and take two foreign languages at the second level. Because the FL 2
